/v/ - Video Games

How have the attempted "successors" panned out? I know there was one that employed the guy from Brawl in the Family. Nintendo Force, I think its name was.

One where they shill the Virtual Boy or some stupid accessory

>>14682046

>I have all issues on my PC

torrent link when?

>>14682137

I actually got it as a torrent many years back. See if you can still locate it. I don't feel like seeding this thing honestly. It's 16+ GB

Got any metroid and castelvania comics?

>>14682046

Was it shut down for good? I remember reading it in the aisle in Walmart while my parents shopped.

>>14682222

Been done for a while. A podcast recently started up using the same name, run by one of the old guard too IIRC.

>>14682169

Scenes from The Wizard showed how. They have reams of binders filled with Nintendo Power tidbits, maps, and so forth. They ask for the game and go into the catalog to the details. Unless it becomes a frequently asked issue, then they can riddle those off. I think later automated funnelled calls have recorded messages for popular problems.

Compiling all the classic Howard and Nesters with some of the bonus art sprinkled about would be godly.

>>14682272

one summer, I beat Willow and made a map of the entire game on graph paper

>>14682164

>It's 16+ GB

but its for the greater good!

>>14682288

>>14682285

No way. I am not leaving my machine running for a week straight while this thing seeds. I am sure you can find it somewhere as it was a torrent when I got it years ago.

What should I do with my old magazines? I tried to donate them to a library but they don't like "periodicals" and that sort of them. A few of 'em are a little ratty.

My first issue was one of the N64 ones with Hulk Hogan grabbing Sting in a chokehold, and I think it had Fighter's Destiny.

>>14682411

>My first issue was one of the N64

If this is the point when you came into NP, I am afraid there isn't much you can do with your mags but put them on Ebay. NP took a steep dive around the time when Howard Phillips left Nintendo of America and just before N64 was announced. I stopped getting it when they started being gross and putting spreads of ugly lunch ladies holding meatloaf and talking about vomit and other dumb shit.>>14682411

>>14682437

I dont think I ever had any with that one in it.

I still own Volumes 31-37,39-40,42,47-50,52&55. I used to have every issue up until 1993 but most of them were damaged beyond repair sitting in an attic.

there are archives online.

https://archive.org/details/nintendo_power_issue1

https://www.retromags.com/magazines/usa/nintendo-power/nintendo-power-issue-4/

>>14682288

there is a 7gb torrent here >>14682525 but its a cbz format. You need a program like Comic Rack to read them.

I had a subscription since issue #20, for about 7 years. It was an amazing mag in the early years.

>>14682063

hot

>>14682352

Anon, I hate you. I had to write a program to solve this. Not because I needed one, but because it was an interesting and fun project.Let's see if /v/ has code tags:

#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <deque>
#include <queue>

class myLess
{
   public:
      bool operator() (const std::vector<int>& lhs, const std::vector<int>& rhs)
       {
         return lhs.size() < rhs.size();
       }
};

int main (void)
 {
   std::map<int, std::set<int> > choices;

   // Assume that the data will be in the file DWDATA.txt.
   std::ifstream in ("DWDATA.txt");
   while (!in.eof())
    {
      std::string line;
      std::getline(in, line);
      std::istringstream in_line (line);
      int mapvalue;
      in_line >> mapvalue;
      choices.insert(std::make_pair(mapvalue, std::set<int>()));
      while (!in_line.eof())
       {
         int mapcontents;
         in_line >> mapcontents;
         choices[mapvalue].insert(mapcontents);
       }
    }

   // This isn't necessary. It just prints out the input data so that I can tell it's doing the right thing.
//   for (std::map<int, std::set<int> >::const_iterator iter1 = choices.begin(); choices.end() != iter1; ++iter1)
//    {
//      std::cout << iter1->first << '\t';
//      for (std::set<int>::const_iterator iter2 = iter1->second.begin(); iter1->second.end() != iter2; ++iter2)
//       {
//         std::cout << *iter2 << " ";
//       }
//      std::cout << std::endl;
//    }

   // Make some assumptions: 0 is the starting point and 99 is the goal.
   // We want to find the shortest route between the goal and the starting point, working backwards.
   std::priority_queue<std::vector<int>, std::deque<std::vector<int> >, myLess> solutions;
   std::vector<int> goal;
   goal.push_back (99);
   solutions.push(goal);

   // This vector contains our solution, if one has been found.
   // As we sort the solutions by length, this is, by definition, the shortest solution.
   // By definition, this is an A* algorithm
   std::vector<int> solution;
   do
    {
      // Take the shortest route out of the queue.
      std::vector<int> currentPass = solutions.top();
      solutions.pop();

      // Find the last "page" that this solution was on (in Choose-Your-Own-Adventure parlance).
      int lastNode = currentPass.back();
      for (std::map<int, std::set<int> >::const_iterator iter1 = choices.begin(); choices.end() != iter1; ++iter1)
       {
         // If this choice goes to that page, add it to the solution.
         if (iter1->second.end() != iter1->second.find(lastNode))
          {
            std::vector<int> newSolution = currentPass;
            newSolution.push_back(iter1->first);
            solutions.push(newSolution);

            // If this choice goes to the starting page, set it to the solution.
            if (0 == iter1->first)
             {
               if (0U == solution.size())
                {
                  solution = newSolution;
                }
             }
          }
       }
    }
   while (0 == solution.size()); // While we have no solution.

//   std::cout << std::endl;
   // Print out the solution in forward direction, for the reader.
   for (std::vector<int>::const_reverse_iterator iter = solution.rbegin(); solution.rend() != iter; ++iter)
    {
      std::cout << *iter << " ";
    }

   return 0;
 }

The input is

0  1 2 3 4
1  5
2  9 10
3  11
4  12 13 7
5  8 14
6  16
7  9 10
8  6 15 3 16
9  18 10
10 1 13
11 8 16
12 9 10
13 3 1 2
14 0
15 20 16 43
16 21 22 23
17 44 45 46
18 19 1 43
19 1
20 6
21 24 25 43
22 26 21
23 27 26 21
24 60
25 29 30 31 32 33
26 35 36 43
27 37 28
28 38
29 34
30 6
31 16
32 34
33 6
34 24
35 20 6 43
36 6
37 8
38 39 40 40 40
39 41 42
40 38
41 17 25
42 31 43
43 0
44 47 48 49
45 50
46 53 45
47 54 48 49
48 6 45 46
49 51 48 52
50 55 56 57
51 45
52 45
53 58 56 59
54 45
55 62 61 63
56 60
57 55 61 55
58 60
59 60
60 0
61 50
62 64
63 55
64 99

>>14682780

Fuck me, I forgot the solution:

1 5 8 6 16 23 27 28 38 39 41 17 45 50 55 62

>>14682780

Fellow software engineer here (OP as well in case ID is different due to proxy change).

I don't understand what is going on here. How are you able to write code that somehow correlates to the pages I posted?

>>14682787

Mere ex-user of Qbasic here whose only executables were a random sentence maker, a broken RPG, a broken SHMUP, and a replicator virus. The documentation explains more than enough. It tries to find the shortest path from beginning to end, by starting from the end and getting back to 1 in the fewest number of hops possible. The input indicates the options available at each juncture, and the solution is the resulting shortest path.

>>14682090

>BENIS WOODS

lol

>>14682799

>>14682787

As each choice has a number, the program iterates through choices, not pages. A real Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book would have choices that correlate to page numbers, and a solution that does not correlate to page zero. I'm just calling the "Start" page "0" and choice 64 "99" out of convenience. Look at the numbers on the pages, not the page numbers.

>>14682819

I see now. I missed the inputs part. The time it took you to just transcribe the inputs must have taken ages.

>>14682212

I love the art they used for DW.

>>14682842

kek'd

>>14682847

Yes, there's something about how they do textures with the little lines and whatnot as well as the soft, friendly shapes.

I think it's the same artist who did the original Howard and Nester comics, several of which I've already posted here

>>14682847

You mean back before they hired Toriyama who then Buckley'd the shit out of everything with his copy/paste character designs?

At least Toriyama had a unique style before it was overused to the point of being trash, I guess.

>>14682701

Merchant tier false advertisement lol.

>>14682842

>3DPD

why do you keep posting this photoshopped picture of Christy Marks all the time?

Do you have the first issue? If so, post the map to Metroid… it's what allowed me to beat the game.

>>14682836

I doubt it. It's just a matter of putting inputs, one to a line, then looking at which box goes to which number. Basically a hash map. You could write it in 15-20 minutes tops.

>>14682063

>tfw DJ from Full House can beat Super Mario Bros but I can't

>>14683006

have you considered more than one anon is posting that pic?

>>14683452

Why don't you start posting them? I'm sure you keep all your video game magazine pdfs in an easily reachable place.

>>14683452

Do you have all the Scott McCloud comics that he did for the mag?

>>14683452

Computer Gaming World was the one where they would get real developers to do the reviews, right? I used to have a ton of those in PDFs but I deleted them all about a month ago, thinking I would never read them again. They're not in my recycling bin either.

>>14683448

>more than one anon is posting that retarded picture

not likely

>>14682107

Both controllers looked awkward as shit

>>14683777 (checked)

They're both really shit controllers too. In the likely case you don't have a Sansui Joy Card, stick with stock/dog bone.

>>14683777

The NES Advantage was the tits. You didn't hold it like a normal controller. Instead, you would place it on a hard surface like a table or put it in your lap. It was not unwieldy at all. Best controller for NES.

>>14683818

I don't see anything redeeming about it. simple d-pad replaced with a mediocre feeling stick, gummy buttons and the only benefit is turbo. There's better packages that do not compromise with the lack of a d-pad. What did you like about it?

>>14683823

I actually owned it. There were no gummy buttons. The plastic – buttons and all – was high quality. It had a very sturdy metal base as well. The stick was also very practical and allowed fluid movement in 8 directions. The turbo was fucking awesome as you could adjust the rate of fire with a knob that felt very good to turn. This was my controllerfu.

>>14683834

I've used dozens of them, my direct comparison is to my saturn's japanese virtua stick which is an excellent arcade controller. I felt both the advantage and the super nintendo version were really bad controllers. Have you used a Sansui Joy Card?

>>14682157

Yup. The internet killed single player games imho.

>>14684222 (Checked)

Actual children, mostly, but yes.

>>14684255 (Checked)

was it you?

>>14684222

Just remember what the wii message board looked like, full of children sperging out because they didn't know how to morph ball in Metroid.

Those are the same children that would have used the hotline.

>>14683826

>it doesn't even mention holding down on the white block to go behind the stage and run to the exit for the warp whistle

Where's the power again?

>>14682157

You mean how some games were intentionally designed to be obtuse so you'd have to call Nintendo or buy the magazine.

>>14684309

Like Milon's Secret Castle. Totally designed to sell guide books.

>>14682306

A week? Fucking hell, how slow is your internet?

>>14684728

So, you had more fun by being lied to?

>>14684803

You really can't see how the added mystery to a game can make it more exciting, especially as a naive kid? Are you being obtuse on purpose?

>>14684820

True mysteries, with solvable conclusions, were good.

But literal lies that marketeers used to keep dumb kids talking about products and making the brands relevant by their sheer stupidity is never something to be missed or desired.

>>14684832

Could have just said you have the 'tism.